Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-16

any more than with the left. The, with us, quite extraordinary feat of writing one's name with both hands at the same time is in the German army an day and many
 times a-day occurrence. The manual of arms is similarly constructed. Every thing is equally divided. He shoots Frenchmen from one shoulder as well as from the other. It was found lately that in spite of this won derful foresight and the right biceps were invariably larger than the left and kept growing so. At the last meeting of the Haupt Stat it was resolved to ask select number of officers to give their minds to this matter and to account if they could for the remarkable phenomenon. Their answers are being published and will constitute vo- luminous and interesting library. Bismarck stated in his oH-hand way that he thought the fact that all saluting was done with the right hand was quite enough to account for the blceptal difference. For instance, given a German village with thirty thousand troops einquartire-and it must be a very humble village that has less. Of that number not over ten thousand can be under arms at once That leaves twenty thousand who are contin- ually salutlng one another. Calculate the number of salutes per man per hour! The mind staggers. Though at first inclined to laugh at Bismarck, Von Moltke and the em- peror could not stand his figures, and to try the experiment thoroughly it was resolved to detail & number of men to salute with GAe IeIG nanu. NOW we come to the pOlnG. No greater insult can be offered officer than to salute him with the left hand. It is his duty to run the miscreant through at once. And although the orders about the left hand saluting were read over and over again at the head of every regiment for weeks before the experiment com menced, still further to protect the de- ! led-lett-hand-salutists, they wear medals and on these medals is written ''Do not kill 1 thls man. He salutes with his left by impe-
 rial order" few accidents have happened, | but a common soldier does not count for | much. All Germany is waiting with bated l breath for the result of Bismarck's last wrin-
 kle. Of course he has the right of it. The | experiment can have but one result But | then will come the very serious question, What is to be donea Bismarck's proposition t is that all saluting before 12 m. be done with | the right; all after 12 rl with the left and | that during the striking of the hour of noon l there shall be no saluting in the German | army. This last boon ensures Bismarck'f | success.
 | Kronthal was visited in honor of New Ha l ven's chief caterer, who was the first to in-
 troduce it's waters. The proprietor of tht spring has hit on a device that might we'll be ! applied elsewhere. The spring, one o1
 tight wrought iron dome which confines tht earbonic acid gas to the water; so that nc gas need be applied in bottling and the
 natural efervescing qualities perfectly
 preserved. It hardly seems possible tha
 such an admirable process has not been trlec
 elsewhere. The water put up in this manner is as delightful beverage as can be imagined. And now for this place with it's hordes of Eng
 fish. Where the Americans are this year is
 mystery. I haven't seen one here and have | uot met one for fortnight. Ce nest pas gai. FERNANDEZ.